topic Re: printing on glossy paper in Desktop Inkjet Printers

PIXMA MG2550 printing on glossy paper

sophieramage — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 13:56:59 GMT

Hi everyone

I've been trying to set my printer so that I'm able to print on glossy paper in A4 size. But my printer won't allow me to do this as it says the size doesn't match the paper type. I have tried just using regular paper settings but when I do this the black ink smudges and I am told when set to glossy paper the black ink won't smudge. Does anyone know how I can make my printer understand that I'm using an A4 piece of glossy paper and not regular sized photo paper? Sorry if this question seems stupid.

I'm using a Pixma MG2550

Thanks

Re: printing on glossy paper

fodder5 — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 12:52:52 GMT

I had this problem with a Pixma MG2450. Canon support told me that my printer did Not support printing photos on A4 glossy paper.

My solution was to load photo glossy paper, then set the printer to A4 Plain paper and document, click print.

The machine printed a photograph on photo glossy paper.

Re: printing on glossy paper

chrisainsworth6 — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:16:52 GMT

I have an MG6853 that will not print on glossy photo paper. It thinks the tray is empty. I have tried setting as plain paper but to no avail. Any ideas please?

Re: printing on glossy paper

fodder5 — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 08:43:00 GMT

Sorry Chris, I have no idea. I suggest you contact Canon Support on that one.

Re: printing on glossy paper

chrisainsworth6 — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 09:15:10 GMT

Thanks for your swift reply. However still waiting to hear from Canon Support.

Re: printing on glossy paper

fodder5 — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 10:07:22 GMT

Found this elsewhere on the forum. Hope it helps.

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Re: MX922 says paper tray is empty when it's not

‎12-16-2015 08:55 AM

Hello.

The printer will feed from the upper tray when a smaller size has been sent to the printer. Check the settings in your program to make sure that the correct size has been specified before printing.

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Re: printing on glossy paper

chrisainsworth6 — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:32:25 GMT

Thanks. With a bit of fiddling I manged to get it to print on glossy photo paper but only on one side. It jammed when I tried to print on both sides! Progress of a sort.

Best regards,

Chris

Re: printing on glossy paper

ajay_581 — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 16:37:26 GMT

Are u really give this a stupid solution of this simple problem ??? Don't feel bad, but if u want to print photos in A4 gloossy paper, you must select the paper glossy, but that stupid machine making engineer (CANON MG2570S) do not know that A4 glossy paper exist in the market. He sets the machine in such a way that machine only feed 4*7 & 5*7 photo glossy paper,if u want to print a photo in A4 glossy paper, the stupid machine indicates wrong paper (paper select in glossy) with an **bleep** error code. Again if u want to print photos in A4 gloosy paper, you must select the plain paper then photo will be print, resulting lowest & lowest photo quality output. when the machine feed 4*7 & 5*7 photo glossy paper, the photo output is execellent comparing to A4 gloosy paper. lastly i have to say one thing the stupid machine name CANON MG2570S doesn't support support A4 gloosy paper.

Re: printing on glossy paper

iamraghu79 — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:35:02 GMT

Hi Every one,

I own a Canon E3170 PIXMA 3in one inkjet printer, I was trying to set up print on a glossy A4 paper - but the machine dosn't allow to select it - when #Canon will address this issue?

Re: printing on glossy paper

Stephen — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:48:31 GMT

Hi imraghu79!

Welcome to The Canon Community, and thank you for your post!

We appreciate your participation, however we need to let you know that the Canon Community is hosted and moderated within the United States by Canon USA. We are only able to provide support for Canon products manufactured for and used within the US market, and the printer you've mentioned is a model that is not supported by Canon USA.

If you live outside the United States, please CLICK HERE and select your country or region for your support needs.

You're welcome to discuss Canon products sold outside of the United States, but please be aware that you will not receive support directly from Canon USA.

Re: printing on glossy paper

ianjefferys — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 03:23:31 GMT

It would appear that the MG 2560 cannot print A4 colour prints. It is outside the settings allowed.

I spent two hours being "helped" by a sevice person from canon call centre. I came away convinced of two things...the printer cannot print colour phots using A4. and secondly the service person hadn't the necessary knowledge of the printer and wasted my time...BUT in a nice polite way without admitting the lack of real MG2560 printer specifications and abilities.

I tried setting to print for plain paper A4 (not colour photo size) and printing colour but the result was extremely washy indicating that it was actually assuming it was plain paper.

Either get used to letter sized priints or get a new printer. I will hang in with the MG2560 because it is the simplest cheapest printer scanner on the market at this date! I paid $18 AUD !!! great price..adequate printer! Using self fill colours! Can't beat it!

Re: printing on glossy paper

ianjefferys — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 03:26:40 GMT

Sorry..your printer is just assuming it is plain paper and dosing the A4 with plain paper quantities of colour! No cure..don't do it! get used to small prints

Re: printing on glossy paper

Pickles — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:32:07 GMT

Brilliant! Hilarious that this worked. I've spent the last 2 hours trying to work out the problem with my photo print quality. Tried your suggestion, and worked perfectly! Thank you.

Re: printing on glossy paper

Ling82 — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:03:15 GMT

Yeah, including canon E470, WASTE OF MONEY

Re: printing on glossy paper

theob215 — Fri, 08 May 2020 21:32:26 GMT

HAs anyone found a way around this limitation? WHY can't it print a large glossy paper. Will canon provide a driver patch or update to allow this?

Re: printing on glossy paper

jim7 — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 10:10:55 GMT

I have a canon ts3150 and have tried the plain paper for A4 photo but I get lines on it this is the first printer that I have had that won't print A4 photos.When selling printers canon should state that the printer will not print A4 photos Jim

Re: printing on glossy paper

gmo — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 17:42:46 GMT

I'm not if this will universally work, but I was able to get around this limitation by adding a "copy" of the printer. The copy of my TS 300 has a limited "printer preferences" menu where I can choose (and actually print) Letter + Glossy. I did this on windows by going to "Printer and Scanners" and connecting to my printer which was already connected.

Re: printing on glossy paper

JohnnyS — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:58:14 GMT

Don’t expect Canon to address the problem any time soon. As we all know, A4 photo paper is the most common and widely use type. I could print photos in A4 on my original old Canon, but newer versions don’t allow that.

Most people assume that a Canon will print A4 photos, so they don’t bother to check the specs. If I’d have know that, I wouldn’t have bought one - not will I do so again!

My old Canon used to have a ‘vivid photo’ option, so you didn’t have to fiddle around with the colour settings for ages to get a realistic photo. That option’s gone too, so I guess that Canon is managing to keep its prices low by doing away with A4 photo printing and useful features like ‘vivid photo’.

Epson anyone?

Re: printing on glossy paper

luca — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:48:09 GMT

No problem using Linux OS ! I just printed on A4 sheet and glossy paper

Re: printing on glossy paper

gmo — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 01:32:55 GMT

The kicker is that some of these models used to be able to do this. The only work around I've found is setting up a copy of the printer. This only works for a limited time though -- seems like the software catches on and forces you back to small photo sized paper.